b'28 GLOBAL UNION OF SCIENTISTS FOR PEACE SCIENTIFIC SOLUTIONS TO VIOLENCE AND GLOBAL CONFLICT 29LOCAL IMPLEMENTATIONMILITARYBuilding resilience, optimizing performance, and promoting farsighted thinking and action among soldiersThe primary task of the military and security forces is to defend the nation against external and internal threats. In many countries, these security forces are finding themselves increasingly overwhelmed by escalating regional conflicts and the growing threat of terrorism.As previously presented, these escalating threats are fueled, in part, by mounting societal stresswhether regional or internal. Security forces are currently not equipped with the tools needed to defuse this stress, and thus lack an effective preventive strategy. In the absence of such a strategy, they can only respond to terrorism and violent outbreaks after those outbreaks occur.It is therefore logicaland increasingly essentialto equip these forces with an effective preventive approach, by training these troops (or a portion of these troops) in the powerful Brain-Based, peace-promoting technology.The incorporation of the Brain-Based Approach to Peace into the military and military training is a fast-growing phenomenon. Such training has been shown to boost resilience among troops, effectively inoculating them against the ravages of combat stress and resulting PTSD. It is also used by the US Military (DoD) and Veterans Administration for treating soldiers and veterans afflicted with PTSDa pervasive and escalating problem in the military today. The Brain-Based Approach to Peace is therefore being incorporated more broadly into military acad-emies and universities (for a recent report, visit www.GUSP.org/video) and is being offered to police, security forces, and army bases in the US and in many countries in Latin America and Africa.GUSPs primary interest and involvement in this growing phenomenon is this: Wherever a sizable group of security forces, such as troops at an army base, is instructed in the Brain-Based Approach to Peace, a demonstrable spillover effect of reduced stress and increasing calm is observed throughout the surrounding society. This effect, seen most recently in war-torn Ukraine, has motivated a growing number of active-duty soldiers and veterans to organize themselves into a stable, concentrated peace-keeping force. (To watch highlights of the Ukraine initiative, visit www.GUSP.org/video.)When such a peace-creating group is large enough, a powerful and demonstrable effect is also ob-served on a national scale. This important national peace-promoting effect is examined in the follow-ing section on the national implementation of the Brain-Based Approach to Peace.'